P500 "Bert" - 2018 P500 from SW Missouri

[Mudder]

Welcome from Ga. Looks like you have been busy going in the right direction.

 

[Bingy]

Looking good...now it's time to get it dirty...lol.

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[Keebler]

Welcome, to the forum. Have you had Bert out to Chadwick Mo or Mill Creek Ar.?

 

[TSJ]

Welcome, to the forum. Have you had Bert out to Chadwick Mo or Mill Creek Ar.?

We took it to Chadwick once when it was still at 50" wide. Even then, most of the trails we rode seemed really tight. I know Chadwick is primarily a dirt bike and 4 wheeler place that opened up to 50 inch wide SxS. I haven't been to Mill Creek. I'll have to look it up.

Thanks

 

[TSJ]

So on my last wheeling trip I ended up playing on some pretty rough trails. Both my front wheels took a beating so I decided to order a couple new wheels and do some strengthening. I contacted a local fab shop and had them cut out some 12" rock rings. All welded up, painted, and ready for the next trip. My friends call Bert a little tank so I kept with the camo theme and painted them camo khaki.

 

[Keebler]

What trails were you riding? The wheel rings looks good. Did the inside of the rims also get dinged up? Did you also weld the rim rings on the inside of the wheels?

 

[Smitty335]

So after my last wheeling trip I ended up playing on some pretty rough trails. Both my front wheels took a beating so I decided to order a couple new wheels and do some strengthening. I contacted a local fab shop and had them cut out some 12" rock rings. All welded up, painted, and ready for the next trip. My friends call Bert a little tank so I kept with the camo theme and painted them camo khaki.

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Looks great!

 

[BWAF]

So after my last wheeling trip I ended up playing on some pretty rough trails. Both my front wheels took a beating so I decided to order a couple new wheels and do some strengthening. I contacted a local fab shop and had them cut out some 12" rock rings. All welded up, painted, and ready for the next trip. My friends call Bert a little tank so I kept with the camo theme and painted them camo khaki.

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Looks good

 

[TSJ]

What trails were you riding? The wheel rings looks good. Did the inside of the rims also get dinged up? Did you also weld the rim rings on the inside of the wheels?

I was at SMORR in sw Missouri. Awesome off-road park. Very well marked but I was following some friends in bigger rigs on trails I knew would push the p500 to its limits. Just the outside that got dinged. The rock rings are just on the outside.

 

[nctrailboss]

Contacted SSS Offroad directly and got a sweet hondasxs forum discount as well as the free shipping they are giving right now. Received the skids last week and promptly went to work in my garage. I got most of it done one evening but decided using the lift at my work the following day would be much easier for the drilling and tapping of the 10-12 additional bolts. I figured as long as I was ordering parts and that the trails I wheel are not width restricted, I decided to order some 4+3 steel wheels while I was at it. Wife and I both decided that a little more mud slinging was an okay compromise for added stability. So that's it for now. This is how Bert now sits at about 55" wide. Overall I'm very please with no regrets. Plenty of power for what I'm using it for. A winch and new shocks are about all that's left on my short list.

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Right on!Put a locker in the front and really surprise your buds!

 

[Russ989]

Hello all. Thought I would go ahead and say Hello and start a build thread on my P500. Been lurking here for a few months looking at other builds and gathering info. Thought I would share what I've done so far to mine and everyone loves plenty of pictures. Wife decided to name him "Bert"

Took delivery on August 1st on a leftover but brand new 2018 with a decent discount. Added at time of purchase from the dealership the factory hardtop, rear upper frame cargo bag, and 26" Maxxis Bighorn 2.0's. They had the top in stock but had to order the bag and tires.

Maiden voyage was just to run up and down a few fire roads with a buddy from work. Here is his Talon in comparison to Bert.

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The tires and bag came in the following week. Mounted the tires on the stock wheels. One of the main reasons we got the sxs was for the wife to learn to drive it as well. I've been riding motorycles both street and dirt for many years. I've taken her two up on my Yamaha TW200 many times, even on somewhat technical single track. Doable but not much fun especially when you have to stay seated the whole time. So this way we can both have more fun. Will be times when I'm riding solo on TW with her following in Bert. But for now, I'm having so much fun driving the P500 we are just taking turns. I also picked up a couple Craftsman tool boxes from Lowes and u-bolted them to the rack. One side for tools, straps, buck saw, and a come-a-long. The other side for a soft cooler, goggles, gloves, light jackets, snacks and sammiches. Secure and weather tight while bouncing down the trails.

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Welcome from NE Missouri.